Is there a real doctor like Gregory House?

Before she went to medical school, Dr. Lisa Sanders was an Emmy Award-winning producer at CBS News, where she covered health and medicine. Lisa Sanders’ monthly “Diagnosis” column in The New York Times Magazine was an inspiration for the hit Fox TV series House.

What doctor is House based on?

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Yale internist Dr. Lisa Sanders makes no apologies for being a big fan of one not-always-realistic medical drama. She regularly tunes in to the award-winning FOX television series “House, M.D.,” which features Hugh Laurie as its title character, Dr.

Is a diagnostician a real thing?

There is no medical specialty in “Diagnostics.” The closest one gets is “Diagnostic Imaging” (the new term for Radiology), which claims expertise mainly in imaging, and Internal Medicine, whose members take some pride in being acute diagnosticians over a broad range of diseases.

What kind of doctor is Gregory House?

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Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) – Department Head: Diagnostic Medicine. Dr. Gregory House is a rebellious diagnostician with a double specialty in infectious disease and nephrology.

What kind of doctors are in House MD?

House (Hugh Laurie) is the Head of the Diagnostics Department with dual specialty in Nephrology and Infectious Diseases. Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) is an Immunologist. Foreman (Omar Epps) is a Neurologist. Chase (Jesse Spencer) is an Intensivist (Intensive Care Specialist).

What is Dr Cuddy’s specialty?

She is a specialist in endocrinology, but has a very limited medical practice due to her administrative duties. Dr. Cuddy’s medical qualifications are impressive. She was second in her graduating class at medical school, and became the second youngest chief of medicine in the history of the hospital when she was 32.

What does Hugh Laurie take as pills?

Not that he’s been labeled a realistic Method actor before, but Hugh Laurie admits he attempted to get closer to the character he portrays on House — by experimenting with Vicodin, the strong painkiller to which Dr. Gregory House is addicted.